Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Shark Tracking with Google Maps

The Nova Southeastern University Oceangraphic Research Center are using Google Maps to track a Mako Shark named Carol.

The Shortfin Mako Shark Tracks map allows the user to view Carol's movements over the last seven months, as she has explored the Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean off the coast of New Zealand. The map also includes the option to view an animated track of Carol's journey over the last seven months.

Ocearch are tracking the position of a number of sharks off the coast of South Africa. The Global Shark Tracker
allows anyone to observe the navigational
pattern of the tracked sharks.The sharks have been tagged with satellite
tracking technology for the purpose of shark conservation and their
movements can be followed on this Google Maps based tracker.

Currently 34 sharks are being tracked in total and you can follow them
all with the tracker. The tracker includes a number of useful filters
which allows the user to search for individual sharks by name or to view
the trails of just male or female sharks or of mature or immature
sharks.